From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261450AbVDQTxV (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:53:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261449AbVDQTxV (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:53:21 -0400 Received: from mail1.expro.pl ([193.25.166.5]:58265 "HELO mail1.expro.pl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261450AbVDQTxS (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:53:18 -0400 Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:53:15 +0200 From: Marcin Owsiany To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: "swap_free: Unused swap offset entry 00000100" but no crash? Message-ID: <20050417195315.GA11563@mail1.expro.pl> References: <20040727002154.GA21628@melina.ds14.agh.edu.pl> <3808.1090931402@ocs3.ocs.com.au> <20040727125304.GA1411@lnx-holt.americas.sgi.com> <20040727185859.GB19107@logos.cnet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040727185859.GB19107@logos.cnet> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 03:58:59PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 07:53:04AM -0500, Robin Holt wrote: > > Marcin, you have a process with a Page Table Entry which indicates it is > > pointing to a page which has been swapped out to block 0 of swap device > > 256. This is probably caused by a problem in the kernel. You can certainly > > run memtest et al. If you don't find anything, I would assume the problem > > is in the kernel. > > Marcin, please run the memtest86 and report back. Finally I was able to take the machine down and test its memory. Indeed one of the modules was faulty (the very first run of memtest revealed it). thanks, Marcin -- Marcin Owsiany porridge@expro.pl